Palestine

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. — AFP/Files TEHRAN: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday said  the United Arab Emirates, by signing an agreement to normalise relations with Tehran's arch-foe Israel, has betrayed the whole Muslim world."The UAE betrayed the world of Islam, the Arab nations, the region's countries,…

JERUSALEM: Palestinian Alaa Borqan preferred to tear down his own house in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was constructed illegally and must be demolished. The 35-year-old was given two options: To destroy his four-bedroom home in the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood himself, or to let the city…

The West is in freefall. Liberal-democratic institutions have suffered a near-fatal blow in the United States; Europe, caught leaderless as the United States vacates this position, is in disarray. Three words have come to define this moment: I can't breathe. These devastating words -- spoken by George Floyd, Eric Garner and the legion of…

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hoped the Israel-UAE deal can help realise a two-state solution with the Palestinians for peace in the Middle East.Israel and the UAE agreed to normalise ties in a landmark deal, only the third such accord the Jewish state has struck…

The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Donald Trump has announced the “full normalisation of relations” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, suspending Israel’s efforts to declare sovereignty over a third of occupied West Bank territories to…

There was a time when Lebanon's coastal cities and snowy peaks were leading tourist destinations for the Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine By AMIT NAOR/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL  AUGUST 9, 2020 17:36 An advertisement for a trip for Jews from Mandatory Palestine to Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan, seen in English…

A century of struggle in Palestine. Here’s the script: Criminalize the boycotts, deport the human rights advocates, rebrand anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism, smear the leftist Jews, infiltrate the leftist organizations, defund the aid programs, torpedo the political campaigns, fire the high school teachers and speech pathologists and network commentators, and pinkwash…

The killers of Rina Shnerb are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist group in the EU. Rina Shnerb, 17, was killed by an improvised explosive device in the West Bank, August 23 2019 (photo credit: Courtesy) Dutch civil servants took a picture with…

Since the post went viral, the communications minister has said that it was reason enough to find an alternate search engine for the PA. Map of Israel - Google Maps (photo credit: Courtesy of Google Maps) The Palestinian Authority's communications minister has reportedly announced that the government is searching for…

Amid a global pandemic, economic recession and simmering racial tensions around the world, Israel's threat to formally annex parts of occupied Palestinian territory presents yet another international crisis in the making. This is because, with this outrageous move, the Israeli government threatens to unravel the rules-based system of international relations.  Today's…